Help for Christian Men

“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?”
Isaiah 58:6
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Changing Men, Changing Lives (CMCL), is a 27-week program designed to help men develop God's plan for intimacy, partnership and unity with women. It is predicated on the principles of safety for women, accountability for men and real opportunities for change. Participants are required to make a commitment to be nonviolent in order to attend. CMCL works in collaboration ...

About Us

Ty Schroyer and Barbara Jones-Schroyer have been working in the field of domestic violence since the late '80's as facilitators of the Duluth Domestic Abuse Intervention Program’s (DAIP) men’s nonviolence classes. Since 2004 they have been teaching a class for Christian men who are abusive (see below). They also provide trainings internationally for the DAIP’s National Training Project, teaching the Duluth Model for responding to violence against women.
In 2004, Barbara and Ty collaborated with the DAIP to create a culturally specific class for Christian men who are abusive. Out of a grant provided by the DAIP, they wrote a faith ...

About Domestic Violence

Most people know that domestic violence is a violent act against a family member or a current or former intimate partner. In the United States, domestic violence is a legal term that denotes a crime that can lead to arrest and prosecution. However, the term domestic violence doesn’t fully describe what many women experience from either their husband or boyfriend.
The word battering has been used to describe the abuse and physical violence used with the specific intent to control an intimate partner’s thoughts, feelings and actions. Unlike the term domestic violence which ...

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A Coordinated Community Response to Violence

A coordinated community response or CCR is a system wide intervention strategy that is being applied throughout the U.S and abroad. The CCR was developed in Duluth, MN by the Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs. It is comprised of agencies communicating together and made up of women’s shelters, batterer intervention programs, the criminal justice system, human service agencies, and most recently, churches. It involves written policies, practices and strategies regarding domestic violence. A CCR uses swift consequences for violations of court orders and failures to comply with program rules.
We believe it is critical for a batterer intervention program or class to be part of a CCR, thus Changing Men, Changing Lives does not stand alone in the community. As a part of the CCR we share the primary goal of protecting women from harm, preventing and intervening on abusive behavior and providing opportunities for men to change.
For more information regarding CCRs go to: www.theduluthmodel.org.